MCP quickstart

SlideWeave MCP uses browser-based OAuth. You do not paste an API key into your client.

Before you begin

You need:

• a SlideWeave account;
• an MCP client that supports remote HTTP servers and OAuth;
• a browser for the authorization screen.

Need an account first? Create your SlideWeave account.

Configure the server

For Codex, add this server to your MCP configuration:

[mcp_servers.slideweave]
url = "https://api.slideweave.com/mcp"
enabled = true
scopes = ["presentations:read", "presentations:write"]
default_tools_approval_mode = "writes"

Restart or reload the client, then ask it to list your SlideWeave presentations. The client opens SlideWeave in your browser. Sign in, review the requested permissions, and approve the connection.

Start read-only

If you only want discovery and inspection, request presentations:read and add write access later.

Connect Claude

The server URL is https://api.slideweave.com/mcp. Paste it exactly as written, without a trailing slash.

claude.ai

1. In Claude, open Customize > Connectors, choose Add and then Add custom connector.
2. Enter a name and paste https://api.slideweave.com/mcp.
3. Add the connector, sign in to SlideWeave in the browser window that opens, review the permissions and approve them.

On Team and Enterprise plans, an organization owner adds custom connectors under Organization settings > Connectors, and each member then connects with their own account. On Free plans Claude limits you to one custom connector. Anthropic’s menu labels can change, so if yours differ, look for the custom connector option in Claude’s connector settings.

Claude Desktop uses the connectors of your Claude account, so the connector you add in claude.ai is the one Desktop uses. We tested the full cycle in claude.ai and Claude Code, and confirmed in Claude Desktop that the same connector appears and lists your presentations.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http slideweave https://api.slideweave.com/mcp
claude mcp login slideweave

claude mcp login opens SlideWeave in your browser. Inside a Claude Code session you can run /mcp instead and follow the same steps.

Sources: Get started with custom connectors using remote MCP and Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP, both from Anthropic.

Verify the connection

Try these requests in order:

1. “List my SlideWeave presentations.”
2. “Create a short test presentation about a topic of your choice.”
3. “Read that presentation and add speaker notes to every slide.”
4. “Move the test presentation to trash.”

The client should ask before write operations when its approval mode is set to writes.

Disconnect

Open Connected apps in SlideWeave and disconnect the client. SlideWeave revokes the active grants and tokens for that client. A later request must be authorized again.

Next, review the available tools and safe update flow.